That is the shoes, right . The shoe extension . Francine i dont know if you can hear it, but it is a neighbors. It wont last very long. Hammeringtle bit of there. We welcome all of you here, to the realities of the pandemic. The pandemic is front and center, but there is a lot of other news. I would note pacific rim currencies continue strong. Francine they certainly do, and there is quite a lot going on also in pound talks, so lets not forget brexit and the u. K. E. U. Relationship. Les get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika the Trump Campaign is abandoning demands that almost 700,000 is withdrawing a key part of its lawsuit against the Election Results in pennsylvania. It is abandoning demands that almost 700,000 mailin ballots be thrown out because observers were kept too far away from the count. The challenge is now against a far smaller number of ballots, almost certainly just a fraction of bidens lead in the state. Joe biden is Meeting National security experts, but his
Ill kiss at the guys and the beautiful women and everyone. Trump there. Sident welcome to bloomberg, a servant welcome to bloomberg surveillance, im Francine Lacqua. Earnings in the u. S. And that could move some banking stocks. Overall, stop think stocks are dropping. Bank stocks are dropping. Period forbusy corporate earnings. After fluctuating something with workers in the u. S. Gulf heading back following hurricane deltas landfall. A major step towards reopening. News. Get the first word here with me is leighann gerrans. Has announcedon bars and clubs will closed in the worst hit parts of england. His Health Advisorys it wont be enough. He says local authorities will need to take more action to take the virus under control in some areas significantly more. Crossing to the u. S. , the confirmation hearing of Amy Coney Barrett descended into a partisan clash over obamacare, the pandemic and President Donald Trump. She cast herself as someone who puts personal preference aside, pointi
Gap, all falling very hard as you can see there. Well go shopping for opportunity in that Retail Sector later on, buy gold now thats the message from one top wall street firm we will debate if there is any shine left in that big trade we start first with breaking news out of disney the stock is moving lower in the after hours session as the Company Announces some very, very major job cuts. Lets get to our own Julia Boorstin with the details. These are tens of thousands. Thats right. Disney is laying off 28,000 domestic employees, hourly, sal rye e aried and executive roles. In light of the prolonged impact of covid19 on our business, including limited capacity due to physical distancing requirements and the continued uncertainty regarding the duration of the pandemic exacerbated in california by the states unwillingness to lift restrictions that would allow disneyland to reopen, we have made the difficult decision to begin the process of reducing our workforce at our parks, experiences
Predictability. Strong winds blanket the bay haze fromdark, thick wildfires throughout the state, rolling blackouts as firefighters prevent more fires from breaking out amid extreme weather conditions. Joining us now in new york city, bloombergs abigail doolittle. I hope you have clearer skies than we do today. I want to talk about the tech rebound, the biggest rebound after the worst stretch since march. Saying you nailed it the only certainty is volatility. That is going to continue, it seems the worst stretch since march, and then today, the best day for the nasdaq 100 going back to april 29. The big question is whether it will last. Will investors continue buying the dip, knowing what they know about options volatility going into august . You jump in that huge down. Apple and tesla, certainly a good day for each. Apple, down 4 , excuse me up 4 today after dropping more than 10 over a few days. Nothing changed in that story. That tells you the degree of hesitancy, uncertainty on the
Quarter of 1 . The backdrop to this is the Republican National convention that kicks off today. We are going to have more on that later on today. Ags investments will be joining us. I want to stick with the president and politics. We know the virus is related. Yesterday, President Trump making an announcement on a has to tracking of convalescent plasma treatment. Listen to what he said yesterday. Pres. Trump through this study, over 100,000 americans have already enrolled to receive this treatment. It is proven true tease to reduce mortality by 35 . Joining us is tobias levkovich. Thank you for joining us. How should the market price of vaccine and a treatment differently . I think the market is looking for both, in many respects. In other words, vaccines that are being discussed are more about protecting the person from getting the infection, but not transmitting the infection. On the other hand, therapeutics are treating the actual infection. We need a mixture of both results in orde